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August 31, 2015
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Retake quiz after reviewing it - Captivate 9

  • August 31, 2015
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Has this issue been addressed in the latest release of Captivate 9? Based upon my testing, it appears that it is still not a possibility - to retake a quiz after reviewing the answers. Are there any workarounds?

Thanks!

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Participant
January 9, 2017

My organization provides content with the intent of users learning the content, not on testing them.  However, we like to use a "Knowledge Check" to reinforce the information.  We would also like the functionality to retake a quiz after reviewing the answers.  Any reinforcement is a highly effective way to learn, and most people not only learn a great deal from their mistakes, they are more likely to remember what has been learned in a mistake scenario.

Understanding that this is not the goal for everyone, and that some do want to "test" for results, both options should be available in Captivate based on differing goals and theories.  Currently, it is a limitation of the software.

Lilybiri
Legend
January 9, 2017

Captivate 9 has Knowledge Check slides as well as normal Quiz slides. Maybe you'll need to use those KC slides? Here are some tips about them:

Knowledge Check Slides - tips - Captivate blog

dowbright
Known Participant
September 3, 2015

Thanks. That's good to know, Rod. It means I've once again been doing something wrong! I've had a lot of problem with retakes, even though I have it set to 3.

I'll keep learning, and try to see where I go wrong.

RodWard
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 3, 2015

I also generally limit the number of quiz attempts to three, while also giving only single attempts on each quiz question. 

I've found that if the learner hasn't 'got it' after the third try then they usually need to go back and look at the content again to understand it better.  But if you keep the lessons short enough and your instructional design is sound, then three attempts should be more than enough.

Lots of people that are failing do so because they're rushing through and not reading the questions or answer options carefully.  And if those types of users even get a whiff of the fact that they could just Review the quiz and then plug in the correct answers, they'll do it.  You WANT them to slow down and do the material at a pace they can properly absorb. 

So just like there are speed humps in roads around your suburb to prevent hooligans from speeding, quizzes also need to be structured in such a way that learners have freedom to go at their own learning speed, but not take inadvisable shortcuts.

dowbright
Known Participant
September 3, 2015

Exactly! Good summary of the situation!

dowbright
Known Participant
September 2, 2015

An option is to duplicate the quiz, change the order of the slides, and make slight changes to the text. I'm not sure if Adobe lets you have it be identical...??

Have that in the path for those who don't pass, and they in essence DO retake it. I do a reteaching slide, then the quiz question, and so on...The problem is that it makes your scoring more difficult to handle.

For me, though, the learning's the thing, and scores aren't that essential in the overall picture. If I can see they

ultimately passed, then I'm fine.

You, on the other hand, probably have tons of need for the scoring to be meaningful...and I don't know how you'd solve that.

Just a thought.

RodWard
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 3, 2015

The bottom line here is that Captivate DOES allow learners to RETAKE a quiz to reattempt it.  And they can do so immediately, for as many times as the instructional designer has decreed should be possible before the quiz says "That's enough."  Captivate also allows learners to REVIEW their quiz to see where they succeeded or failed in their answers.

So if your regulatory organizations have required that the e-learning allow quizzes to be RETAKEN or REVIEWED, then Captivate would be totally compliant.

The sticking point here is that Captivate terminate all further allowed quiz attempts for that session if the learner opts to REVIEW.  And the design reasoning here is that it would allow cheating.  Now as an Instructional Designer myself, I also find some limitations Captivate imposes to be annoying.  But in this case, I tend to agree with the Software Architect (whoever he/she is). I think allowing this would encourage cheating, and I see a lot of adult learners VERY apt to do that.

I do not honestly believe any "Code of Federal Regulations" would be worded in such a way that it encourages or requires instructional designers to build quizzing so that it could easily be cheated.  I've worked for plenty of organizations and all of them are usually focused on getting VALID results from testing that gives a TRUE indication of whether or not the person indeed learned the material, not how cleverly they could circumvent the quizzing.

However, if you can show me (perhaps copy / paste here) the wording from any international regulations that do specify the quizzing should work the way you claim (allow the learner to REVIEW their quiz failed answers and then IMMEDIATELY retake the quiz to input those corrections) then I will acquiesce and admit that such organizations exist.

Desert Walt
Participant
February 19, 2020

Hi,

I am reading your answer here to say that it is possible to have both retake button and review buttons in the same quiz.  when you say "The sticking point here is that Captivate terminate all further allowed quiz attempts for that session if the learner opts to REVIEW" What do you mean by for that session? I have tried logging out of the LMS and logging back in to no avail.

 

I know that this thread is very old.

I would simply like to know if I have to dispense with the review process.

Also it doesn't seem to be possible to retake a quiz if you have passed the quiz.

 

Thanks for your time

Walter Lees

Lilybiri
Legend
August 31, 2015

Still not possible. Why, as teacher never understood why you should want

that for a regular quiz? You have now knowledge slides.

leblangs
leblangsAuthor
Participating Frequently
August 31, 2015

We are required to create quizes with this functionality as it is mandated by a government regulatory agency that they function in this manner. It can not be that difficult for Adobe to implement.

RodWard
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 1, 2015

The workaround is to relaunch the lesson.  Then you get another go at the quiz.

Adobe isn't going to change this behavior just for you.  There would need to be thousands of users requesting this.